New euophryine jumping spiders from Central and South America (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryinae)
Author
Zhang, Jun-Xia
Author
Maddison, Wayne P.
text
Zootaxa
2012
3578
1
35
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.209883
1bc33fdf-676b-4ac9-8baf-8f7282e1b671
1175-5326
209883
Maeota dorsalis
sp. nov.
Figs 92–95
Type
material.
Holotype
: male,
BRAZIL
: São Paulo: São Paulo, 2008, coll. G. Ruiz (UBC-SEM AR00158,
IBSP
#96121).
Etymology.
Latin adjective
dorsalis
(dorsal), and refers to the dorsal apophysis on tibia of male palp.
Diagnosis.
Differs from other
Maeota
species by the presence of a dorsal tibial apophysis of the male palp (
Figs 94–95
). This species can also be distinguished from
Maeota flava
by the marking on the dorsum of the male abdomen (
Fig. 92
); the shape of the embolic disc and the longer retrolateral tibial apophysis of the male palp (
Figs 93–94
).
Description.
Male
(
holotype
, UBC-SEM AR00158). Carapace length 1.4; abdomen length 1.3. Chelicera: gray brown. Palp (
Figs 93–95
): brown to yellowish, with gray pigment. Proximal tegular lobe large; retrolateral sperm duct loop very narrow; embolus relatively short and slightly coiled; retrolateral tibial apophysis finger-like; dorsal tibial apophysis present and slightly curved distally; ventral tibial bump present. Measurements of legs: I 2.6, II 2.5, III 3.0, IV 3.4. Color in alcohol (
Fig. 92
): carapace dark brown and yellow brown around fovea region, with a narrow medial stripe behind fovea and two lateral stripes composed of white scales; abdomen gray brown with many brownish speckles, and a wide sandy yellow stripe medially, ventral abdomen and legs sandy yellow without distinct markings.
Female
. Unknown.
Natural history.
The
holotype
was collected on low vegetation in an urban habitat.